Tag: 2017 BFI London Film Festival Review

On Chesil Beach | Review

On the Waterfront: Cooke’s Tender Adaptation of Sexual Aversion in 1960s England A couple of newly weds hit an irresolvable and unpleasant barrier during their...

Journeyman | 2017 BFI London Film Festival Review

Fading Bull: Considine’s Heartfelt Drama of an Incapacitated Boxer Following his final championship match, a boxer suffers a serious head injury that alters his personality...

Montparnasse Bienvenue (Jeune Femme) | 2017 BFI London Film Festival Review

Wander Woman: Serraille’s Tantalizing Tale of Wayward Independence Upon breaking up with her former lover, a youthful woman roams the streets of Paris with a...

Sweet Country | Review

Once Upon a Time in Australia: Thornton’s Western-inspired Saga of Violent Racial Discrimination Racial tensions in Australian society are given historic treatment in the outback-Western...

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2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

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